United Kingdom Box Office for Lion (2016)

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Lion
Theatrical Performance (US$)
United Kingdom Box Office $15,371,905Details
Worldwide Box Office $149,117,900Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $2,736,136 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $1,349,749 Details
Total North America Video Sales $4,085,885
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Synopsis

Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train traveling away from his home and family. Frightened and bewildered, he ends up thousands of miles away, in chaotic Kolkata. Somehow he survives living on the streets, escaping all sorts of terrors and close calls in the process, before ending up in an orphanage that is itself not exactly a safe haven. Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple, and finds love and security as he grows up in Hobart. As an adult, not wanting to hurt his adoptive parents’ feelings, Saroo suppresses his past, his emotional need for reunification and his hope of ever finding his lost mother and brother. But a chance meeting with some fellow Indians reawakens his buried yearning. Armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, Saroo sets out to find his lost family and finally return to his first home.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$12,000,000
United Kingdom Releases: January 20th, 2017 (Wide)
Video Release: March 28th, 2017 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material and some sensuality.
(Rating bulletin 2449 (Cert #50757), 11/2/2016)
Running Time: 120 minutes
Keywords: Adopted Family Seeking Reunion, Reunited With Biological Family, Orphanage, Set in India, 2017 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Homeless, Life in a Small Town, Missing Person, Abandoned Child, Kidnap, Adopted Family, 1980s, Intertitle, Epilogue, Non-Chronological, Biography, Biographical Drama
Source:Based on Factual Book/Article
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: See-Saw Films, Sunstar Entertianment, Aquarius Films, Weinstein Company, Screen Australia
Production Countries: Australia
Languages: Bengali, English, Hindi

Home Market Releases for April 11th, 2017

April 12th, 2017

Hidden Figures

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2016 - Awards Season - And the Oscar Goes to... La La Land Moonlight!

February 26th, 2017

Moonlight

It’s Oscar night and we were live blogging the show. Read on the the highlights of what turned out to be a crazy night. More...

2016 - Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations - Final Look

February 26th, 2017

La La Land

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Picture

February 24th, 2017

La La Land

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at the final category: Best Picture. It is not a competitive category with an overwhelming favorite, a long shot with a shot, and then rest have maybe a combined 2% chance of winning. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Adapted Screenplay

February 22nd, 2017

Moonlight

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at the two Screenwriting Categories, finishing with Best Adapted Screenplay. This is a harder category to judge, because the consensus favorite, Moonlight, was considered an original screenplay by nearly everyone else. More...

Theater Averages: Kedi is the Cat’s Meow earning $40,103

February 15th, 2017

Kedi

Kedi became the first movie released in 2017 to hit the $40,000 mark on the per theater chart earning $40,103 in its lone theater. A United Kingdom was next with an average of $16,628 in four theaters. This is enough to suggest it will expand, but not enough to think it will earn a significant measure of mainstream success. The only other two films in the $10,000 club were the top two films on the overall weekend chart. The Lego Batman Movie earned an average of $12,966, putting it just ahead of Fifty Shades Darker, which earned an average of $12,563. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actor

February 15th, 2017

Moonlight

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Supporting Actor. Unlike a lot of other categories, this one could be a real race. We’ve had three previous awards ceremonies and three different winners, one of whom didn’t even get an Oscar nomination. I do have a personal favorite, but I fear my judgment is clouded as a result. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actress

February 15th, 2017

Fences

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at the Supporting Roles categories, starting with Best Supporting Actress. In this category, we have one overwhelming favorite, a long shot with a shot, and then everyone else. More...

2016 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Winners - La La Lands on Top, Again

February 12th, 2017

La La Land

The BAFTA winners were announced on Sunday and there were very few surprises to talk about. La La Land again won the most awards with five, while only two other films, Lion and Manchester by the Sea, earned more than one award. They each won two. More...

Theater Averages: Chapter & Verse won’t be Filing Chapter 13 with a $32,713 opening

February 8th, 2017

Chapter & Verse

It was a busy weekend on top of the theater average chart, at least for this time of year, with three films earning averages over more than $10,000. Chapter and Verse led the way with $32,713 in its lone theater. I Am Not Your Negro had an arguably better start earning an average $15,962 while playing in 43 theaters. That’s amazing for a documentary. Another documentary, Mr. Gaga, was the final film in the $10,000 club with an average of $12,677 in two theaters over the weekend and an average of $17,316 from Wednesday through Sunday. The Lure didn’t get to $10,000 over the weekend pulling in $7,370 over that time, but it earned $10,676 from Wednesday through Sunday. More...

2016 - Awards Season: DGA - Winners

February 5th, 2017

Lion

The last of the Directors Guild of America awards were handed out over the weekend in what was likely a warm venue. On the other hand, I’m dealing with a snow storm that hasn’t really stopped in three days and power outages. Joy. Fortunately, there’s not much to talk about. All three theatrical categories went as expected with La La Land winning yet again. More...

Weekend Estimates: Split Wins Third Weekend

February 5th, 2017

Split

Rings managed to win on Friday, but the weekend as a whole will belong to Split, which is expected to top the chart with $14.6 million, according to Universal’s Sunday morning projection. Rings will finish second with $13 million or so, and A Dog’s Purpose will win Sunday (making this a rare weekend where three different films will top the daily chart) to finish the weekend with $10.8 million, and $32.9 million to date. More...

Weekend Estimates: Split Retains Box Office Crown with Big Second Weekend

January 29th, 2017

Split

An impressive decline of 34% in its second weekend and a crop of middling to poor performances by new releases will be enough to keep Split safely at the top of the box office chart this weekend. With Universal projecting $26.3 million for the weekend as of Sunday morning, Split is well ahead of the studio’s new release, A Dog’s Purpose, which will come in with around $18.4 million. Split will finish the weekend with around $78 million in total. More...

Theater Averages: Split Separates Itself from the Pack with $13,170

January 25th, 2017

Split

The overall number one film, Split, was also the only film in the $10,000 club, earning an average of $13,170. The closest competition was Tanpopo, which earned $7,677 in one theater during its 13th week of re-release. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 24th, 2017

La La Land

The Oscar nominations were announced starting at 5:18 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, it’s a boring year for nominations with very few surprises worth talking about, especially in the biggest categories. Leading the way was La La Land with 14 nominations, tying the record. More...

Theater Averages: Worlds Starts Apart from the Competition with $16,353

January 18th, 2017

Worlds Apart

Despite earning 50% positive reviews, Worlds Apart topped the theater average chart with $16,353 in its one theater. The only other film in the $10,000 club was 20th Century Women, which spent its third week there with an average of $10,894 in 29 theaters. More...

2016 - Awards Season: DGA - Nominations

January 12th, 2017

Lion

The last of the Directors Guild of America nominations were announced and the Oscars are really shaping up to be a one-movie show. That movie is Deadpool. I’m joking of course, but it did get yet another nomination. At this point, it could earn a Best Picture Oscar nomination and I wouldn’t be surprised. The film that is dominating Awards Season is La La Land and frankly I’ve lost count of the number of nominations it has received. More...

2016 - Awards Season: PGA - Nominations

January 11th, 2017

Deadpool

The Producers Guild of America finally finished announcing their nominations. (They spread out their announcements for reasons I’ve never quite understood.) Most of the films on this list have already earned more than a few previous nominations. We appear to be settling into a predictable Awards Season. More...

2016 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 11th, 2017

La La Land

The BAFTA nominations were announced and it should come as no surprise what film lead the way... La La Land with 11 nominations, Nocturnal Animals and Arrival are tied for second with nine nominations a piece. More...

Theater Averages: The New Year has a Patriotic Start

January 10th, 2017

Patriots Day

The theater average chart was dominated by holdovers, as is the norm this time of year. The top film was Patriots Day with an average of $14,972 in seven theaters. This bodes very well for its wide expansion next weekend. 20th Century Women is becoming a sleeper hit earning an average of $13,047 in ten theaters. This is one of those films that should be earning more Awards Season buzz, but I fear it has slipped between the cracks. Toni Erdmann and Paterson were neck-and-neck with averages of $10,472 and $10,205 respectively. More...

Theater Averages: Hidden Stands Out with Average of $34,329

January 4th, 2017

Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures rose to first place during its first full weekend of release with an average of $34,329 in 25 theaters. It already has more than $2 million and it expands wide on Friday. 20th Century Women was next with an average of $27,800 in four theaters. It isn’t a major player during Awards Season, but it is picking up enough nominations to help it stick around in theaters. Patriots Day was down just 8% earning an average of $21,117 in seven theaters. Last week’s winner, Silence, fell to an average of $20,827 in four theaters. If it has a similar drop next week, it will put its wide release in jeopardy. The best limited release of the week was Paterson, which earned an average of $17,334 in four theaters. Toni Erdmann earned an average of $14,000 in three theaters during its first full week of release. La La Land continues to expand, but remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $12,738. The overall number one film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, was next with an average of $11,934, while the second place film, Sing, was right behind with an average of $10,647. More...

Theater Averages: Silence Speaks Volumes with an Average of $32,720

December 28th, 2016

Silence

Silence scored first place on the theater average chart earning an average of $32,720 in four theaters. Patriots Day was next with an average of $23,044 in seven theaters. Most impressively, Hidden Figures earned an average of $20,620 in 25 theaters, in just one day. The final film in the $10,000 club was the overall number one film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with an average of $15,404. More...

2016 - Awards Season: SAG - Nominations

December 14th, 2016

Manchester by the Sea

The Screen Actors Guild were the third group to announce their nominations for this awards season. So far there have been three different films earning the most nominations. This could mean the Oscar race will be a lot closer than in past years. This time around Manchester by the Sea led the way with four nominations. More...

Theater Averages: La La Lands Yearly Record Result with Average of $176,221

December 13th, 2016

La La Land

La La Land dominated the per theater chart with an average of $176,221 in five theaters. This is not only the best of the year, it is the second best ever for a live-action film, behind just The Grand Budapest Hotel average of $202,792 in four theaters. Jackie was well back with an average of $18,933 in 26 theaters. Had La La Land not come out this weekend, this would have been big news. Now it might get lost in the crowd. Lion remained in the $10,000 club for the third weekend in a row with an average of $11,224 in 15 theaters. More...

2016 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 12th, 2016

La La Land

The Golden Globes nominations were announced and we are starting to see a few names pop up over and over again. La La Land led the way with seven nominations, but Moonlight was right behind with six and Manchester by the Sea earned five. You will be hearing those three names over and over and over again this Awards Season. More...

Weekend Estimates: Moana Narrowly Beats Office Christmas Party

December 11th, 2016

Moana

Moana will get to enjoy one last weekend at the top of the box office chart, in spite of a good debut for Office Christmas Party. Disney’s animated adventure will post about $18.8 million in its third weekend, for $145 million to date. It’s beginning to lag behind the performance of Frozen, which made $22.6 million in its third weekend in wide release, and had amassed $164.8 million. That still puts Moana well on course for $300 million domestically, although $350 million is looking like a stretch. Internationally, Moana will earn around $23.5 million this weekend, taking its total overseas to $93.8 million, and its global haul to $238.8 million. More...

Theater Averages: Jackie Tackles Lion Earning Average of $55,743

December 6th, 2016

Jackie

Jackie led the way on the theater average chart with an average of $55,743 in five theaters. Given this start and add in its Oscar buzz and the film has a real shot at expanding wide. Last week’s winner, Lion, fell to second place with an average of $16,651 in seven theaters. Manchester by the Sea continues its impressive run with an average of $14,592 in 156 theaters. It still has room to grow. Miss Sloane earned an average of $11,213 in four theaters. It is reportedly expanding wide this weekend, but that can mean anything from a few hundred theaters to well over 2,000. Finally, Things to Come opened with an average of $11,030 in three theaters. More...

Weekend Estimates: Moana Stands Tall as Awards Season Hots Up

December 4th, 2016

Moana

The top of the box office chart remains a tale of two movies this weekend, with Moana maintaining an impressive lead over Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but both movies doing very nicely heading into the Christmas season. Moana tops the chart again this weekend with $28.4 million, for a total of $119.9 million at the end of the weekend. By way of comparison, Frozen had earned $134.3 million at this point in its run, but fell a slightly larger 53% from Thanksgiving, compared to Moana’s 50% decline. The next few weeks should be very lucrative for the animated adventure, which is likely to sail past $300 million at the domestic box office. More...

Theater Averages: Lion Starts like a Lion with an Average of $30,840

November 29th, 2016

Lion

Lion led the way on the theater average chart this week with an average of $30,840 in four theaters. Its reviews are great and it could become a sleeper hit throughout the Christmas holidays. Up next was Manchester by the Sea with an average of $25,541 in 48 theaters. It still has plenty of room to expand and its Awards Season buzz is growing. Miss Sloane opened with an average of $19,932 in three theaters. This is good, but not good enough to think it will expand truly wide. The overall number one film, Moana, was next with an average of $14,615. The final film in the $10,000 club was Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them with an average of $10,880. More...

Weekend Estimates: Moana Sails to Thanksgiving Win

November 27th, 2016

Moana

Disney’s domination of Thanksgiving weekend will continue in 2016, with Moana expected to post $55.5 million for the three-day weekend and $81.1 million in total, making it either the second-best or best Thanksgiving opener of all time, depending on what you consider an “opener.” Disney is claiming second place for Moana behind Frozen, which had a $67.4 million 3-day weekend, and $93.6 million 5-day weekend back in 2013. That film had already opened in a single theater the weekend before, so if we want to split hairs, it technically wasn’t opening that weekend. Either way you look at it, it’s a great start for Moana, and another handsome win for Disney. The studio can now claim the top six 5-day Thanksgiving debuts and and the top eight 3-day Thanksgiving openings of all time. More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Theaters Are Stuffed with Wide Releases

November 25th, 2016

Always Shine

While Thanksgiving weekend is a boon for wide releases, the number of potential monster hits in theaters scares away a lot of the limited releases. There are some great releases, like Always Shine and Baden Baden, as well as some bigger releases, like Lion and Miss Sloane. Hopefully they will find audiences in limited release. More...

Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2017/01/20 4 $1,558,613   369 $4,224   $1,558,613 1
2017/01/27 6 $1,380,608 -11% 370 $3,731   $4,152,190 2
2017/02/03 5 $1,091,283 -21% 400 $2,728   $6,254,943 3
2017/02/10 6 $941,828 -14% 365 $2,580   $8,035,149 4
2017/02/17 8 $866,111 -8% 324 $2,673   $9,945,201 5
2017/02/24 8 $867,995 n/c 402 $2,159   $11,572,436 6
2017/03/03 8 $648,490 -25% 377 $1,720   $12,522,302 7
2017/03/10 8 $402,934 -38% 317 $1,271   $13,231,684 8
2017/03/17 11 $163,011 -60% 62 $2,629   $13,910,657 9
2017/03/24 - $54,881 -66% 75 $732   $14,249,854 10
2017/03/31 - $46,675 -15% 64 $729   $14,450,400 11
2017/04/07 - $40,662 -13% 55 $739   $14,408,213 12
2017/04/14 - $16,306 -60% 14 $1,165   $14,621,140 13
2017/04/21 - $8,527 -48% 8 $1,066   $14,967,783 14
2017/04/28 - $4,776 -44% 5 $955   $15,166,349 15
2017/05/05 - $4,051 -15% 4 $1,013   $15,207,080 16
2017/05/12 - $12,852 +217% 7 $1,836   $15,150,147 17
2017/05/19 - $3,921 -69% 4 $980   $15,325,286 18
2017/05/26 - $6,447 +64% 4 $1,612   $15,098,617 19
2017/06/02 - $2,466 -62% 2 $1,233   $15,215,072 20
2017/06/09 - $149 -94% 1 $149   $15,063,256 21
2017/06/30 - $200   1 $200   $15,371,905 24

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 2/17/2017 $177,676 0 0 0 $747,656 1/1/2019
Australia 1/20/2017 $3,166,868 254 322 3192 $22,887,821 10/20/2022
Brazil 2/17/2017 $308,419 0 0 0 $786,689 6/26/2018
Bulgaria 2/17/2017 $9,431 0 0 0 $49,875 2/26/2019
China 6/22/2017 $1,120,000 8631 8631 8631 $2,534,618 10/10/2018
Czech Republic 2/24/2017 $19,778 23 37 75 $47,771 1/1/2019
France 2/24/2017 $2,442,021 0 0 0 $12,475,303 9/23/2018
Germany 2/24/2017 $672,376 0 0 0 $4,682,467 6/29/2018
Hong Kong 2/17/2017 $0 0 0 0 $373,378 10/27/2018
India 2/24/2017 $0 0 0 0 $453,997 10/3/2018
Italy 12/23/2016 $437,177 0 0 0 $4,417,584 10/23/2018
Japan 4/7/2017 $531,936 0 0 0 $2,899,653 6/30/2018
Lithuania 3/3/2017 $15,757 57 57 192 $118,549 11/29/2017
Mexico 2/17/2017 $244,850 0 0 0 $941,895 10/12/2018
Netherlands 1/12/2017 $131,451 33 63 886 $2,174,010 11/3/2018
New Zealand 1/20/2017 $387,083 90 101 1135 $2,928,968 5/15/2017
North America 11/25/2016 $123,360 4 1,802 13,311 $51,739,495 6/18/2018
Portugal 12/9/2016 $60,550 38 38 192 $328,318 4/7/2017
Russia (CIS) 2/17/2017 $92,977 78 85 163 $330,315 1/1/2019
Slovakia 2/17/2017 $18,835 34 34 74 $60,330 3/23/2017
Slovenia 3/3/2017 $9,827 14 17 31 $27,347 3/23/2017
South Korea 1/10/2017 $0 0 205 402 $712,234 12/6/2017
Spain 1/27/2017 $588,001 214 248 1357 $3,065,025 5/5/2017
Taiwan 3/3/2017 $0 0 0 0 $304,347 10/28/2018
Turkey 2/3/2017 $37,622 34 34 75 $214,350 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 1/20/2017 $1,558,613 369 402 3230 $15,371,905 7/5/2017
 
Rest of World $18,444,000
 
Worldwide Total$149,117,900 10/20/2022

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Leading Cast

Dev Patel    Saroo Brierley
Rooney Mara    Lucy

Supporting Cast

David Wenham    John
Nicole Kidman    Sue
Abhishek Bharate    Guddu
Divian Ladwa    Mantosh
Deepti Naval    Mrs. Sood
Tannishtha Chatterjee    Noor
Nawazuddin Siddiqui    Rawa
Priyanka Bose    Kamla
Sunny Pawar    Saroo (young)
Sachin Joab    Bharat
Pallavi Sharda    Prama
Arka Das    Sami

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Garth Davis    Director
Luke Davies    Screenwriter
Saroo Brierley    Based on the book ‛A Long Way Home’ by
Emile Sherman    Producer
Iain Canning    Producer
Angie Fielder    Producer
Andrew Fraser    Executive Producer
Shahen Mekertichian    Executive Producer
Daniel Levin    Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein    Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein    Executive Producer
David Glasser    Executive Producer
Greig Fraser    Director of Photography
Christopher Kennedy    Production Designer
Cappi Ireland    Costume Designer
Alexandre De Franceschi    Editor
Dustin O'Halloran    Composer
Hauschka*    Composer
Robert Mackenzie    Sound Designer
Libby Sharpe    Line Producer
Pravesh Sahni    Line Producer
Simone Nicholson    Associate Producer
Karen Sproul    Associate Producer
Kirsty McGregor    Casting Director
Sunny Pawar    Art Director